Planning and Activities
Poetry
English Year 2 Spring Poems on a Theme
Monster Poems
Using Poems about Monsters, children enjoy reading, discussing and writing poems about monsters. Revise grammatical terminology and expand noun phrases.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core Unit: Read and compare poems about monsters
(suggested as 4 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Texts
It’s Behind You! Monster Poems by Paul Cookson and David Harmer
Poems
All by David Harmer:
It's Behind You!
Next Door
Phew!
A Million Muddy Monsters
The Beast from the Deep Abyss by Paul Cookson
There are Gribbles by Paul Cookson
Unit 2 SPAG: Use different forms of sentence
(suggested as 4 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
It’s Behind You! Monster Poems by Paul Cookson and David Harmer
Poems
(All in resources)
Question Time by Michaela Morgan
Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf by Roald Dahl
When the Dinosaur Came to Stay by Martyn Wiley
Presentations
SPAG PowerPoint: Different Forms of Sentence
Unit 3 Comprehension: Reading and understanding poems
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Texts
It’s behind You! Monster Poems by Paul Cookson and David Harmer
Poems
Watch Your Teachers Carefully by David Harmer (see resources)
Teachers After Dark by David Harmer
Get You by Brian Morse (see resources)
The Midnight Sprite by Daisy Cookson and Paul Cookson
Monsters at the Door by David Harmer
Worse Than Half a Maggot by Paul Cookson
Be Wary of the Werewolf Wild by Michaela Morgan (see resources)
The Snow Monster by John Foster
The Grumposaurus by Brian Moses (see resources)
Other poems (see resources)
Group Readers
In Every Corner by Ruth Merttens and Anne Holm Petersen
Group Readers
In Every Corner
There are friendly monsters hiding in the corners of this delightful book getting up to all sorts of things. This lovely story provides opportunities for looking at rhyme and a range of sentence punctuation.
You can purchase printed copies of this Group Reader from Hamilton Education.
Unit 4 SPAG: Expanded noun phrases
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
It’s Behind You! Monster Poems by Paul Cookson and David Harmer
Poems
The Glamdrack by Robin Mellor (see resources)
The Alien by Julie Holder (see resources)
The Truth About the Abominable Footprint by Michael Baldwin (see resources)
Presentations
SPAG PowerPoint: Expanded Noun Phrases
Group Reader
In Every Corner
Group Readers
In Every Corner
There are friendly monsters hiding in the corners of this delightful book getting up to all sorts of things. This lovely story provides opportunities for looking at rhyme and a range of sentence punctuation.
You can purchase printed copies of this Group Reader from Hamilton Education.
Unit 5 Composition: Write own monster poem based on those read
(suggested as 4 days)
